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Pagan Interest Circle
PICT
PICT conducts monthly rituals on the Saturday evening closest to the Full Moon, starting at 7:00 p.m. Our mission is to create a place for Unitarian Universalist Pagans to practice our spirituality in community, as well as for those who are interested in Paganism and Unitarian Universalism to learn and worship with us. If you'd like to participate, please email us here.
WHO WE ARE
For over 20 years the Pagan Interest Circle (PICT) of the First Unitarian  Universalist Church Society of San Francisco, a Chapter organization of  CUUPS, has been meeting for monthly Full Moon Rituals on the Saturday evening closest to the Full Moon, and for the solar pagan holidays of Winter Solstice and  Beltane. We are an open circle dedicated to providing ritual space for all respectful families and individuals of any age. Our policy requires that our rituals are clean and sober, drugs, alcohol, fragrance and animal free. Individuals who rely on an animal companion are welcome but will need to secure their animal away from the the ritual room/space.
Upcoming
Celebrate the Harvest: Join Us for a Magical August Potluck!
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August: summer is ending, but autumn has not yet begun.
August: the sun is past its apex but has yet to reach its nadir.
August: summer leisure is coming to a close, just as the extra work of the harvest season begins.
August: betwixt and between
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The Pagan Interest Circle Invites You to Join Us on Saturday, August 9th, 2025, for Our First Ever, First Harvest, Full Moon POTLUCK (!). It’s a Moon Magic Festival of Food, Fun, and Games, Celebrating August’s First Harvest of Corn and Grain! We Meet in the Chapel at 6:45 P.M. Everyone’s Welcome! (There WILL Be Magic!)
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It’s August harvest festival time: country fairs and hayrides are just around the corner! So let’s have a party!
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On the pagan Wheel of the Year, August 1st is the Anglo-Saxon Lammas or Irish Lughnasadh (LOO-nah-sah). It celebrates the first fruits of the grain harvest and is dedicated to the Irish solar and harvest god, Lugh, also known as the god of human skill, kings, patron of heroes, and so much more. Lughnasadh festivities included feasting, dancing, drumming, competitive games, and exhibitions of performative combat.
We can do that, too! (Well, maybe not the combat.)
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It’s not just the Celts! August harvest festivals have been, and continue to be, celebrated by different cultures on many continents. Ancient Romans as well as Russians held harvest fairs. In Africa, the peoples of Nigeria and Ghana have annual harvest yam festivals. Indigenous tribes of North America, the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, and Chickasaw, celebrated the first corn harvest with a ceremony called the Green Corn Festival. The Hopi tribe marked August with many harvest rites and rituals. The Water Moon Dance and then the Snake Dance were performed to protect the harvest and to invoke adequate rain.
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August was/is the time when all these different cultural traditions, in communal celebrations, share the common themes of gratitude, hope, sacrifice, and renewal, as well as harvest.
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PLEASE BRING:
•Yourself, family, and friends.
It’s a potluck!
• a vegetarian appetizer, or
• a salad, or
• a vegetarian main dish, or
• a dessert, or
• a nonalcoholic beverage.
•Any game that can be played in 20 minutes or less (preferably less)
• riddles
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Napkins, paper plates, and plastic forks will be provided. Tea is also available.
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Any questions? Please contact Christine Patch-Lindsay at cplhealer@comcast.net no later than 3:00 P.M. Saturday, August 9, 2025.
PAGAN INTEREST CIRCLE'S
New Ritual Calendar for 2025
Here is the Calendar of Ritual Dates for the calendar year of UUSF.
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2025
January 11
February 15
March 15
April 12
May 4: Beltane
May 10
June 14
July 12
August 9
2024
January 27
February 24
March 23
April 20
May 5th: BELTANE
May 25
June 22
July 20
August 17
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MEMBERSHIP
As Chapter organization of CUUPS, we ask for annual $20 membership dues collected each October at Samhain. All our Rituals are open to all; membership not required. Only members are allowed to vote on issues that may come before the group.
To learn more about CUUPS,
check out the FaceBook page "Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans- CUUPS".
Or, go to patheos.com and read the CUUPS blog, Nature's Sacred Journey: Celebrating UU-Paganism & Earth-Centered Experience.
Have any questions?
Or, if you no longer wish to receive PICT announcements,
please contact Christine Patch-Lindsay.
E-mail: cplhealer@comcast.net
or Text Message to set up a time to talk. 415-424-6964.
